IN PICS: Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam arrested at Lahore airport

(IMAGE: @MaryamNSharif)

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Maryam Nawaz follows father Nawaz Sharif as they walk towards the plane's exit door. Image: ANI

They will be taken in a special aircraft to Islamabad. /Image courtesy: ANI

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam Nawaz were taken into custody minutes after their flight landed at Lahore airport.Image: ANI

PML-N President and brother of Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif said: “Miyan Nawaz Sharif will reach Lahore airport in a few hours. I urge all to reach Lahore airport to welcome him. Currently, I am at an interior town, where people are gathering to proceed to Lahore airport to welcome him.” /Source: ANI

After landing, at the Business Class Lounge of Abu Dhabi Airport, Nawab said: “I am doing what I should do, I am taking my struggle forward. I am going to Pakistan, but what credibility is now left of the elections? Who will believe the results?” He further said: “"I am coming back for the future generations of Pakistan. Mein karz chukane aa raha hun jo mujh par wajib hai."

According to sources, the Cabinet Division has allocated two helicopters - reserved for the prime minister - to NAB to shift Sharif and his daughter to jail from the airport. (IMAGE: AFP)

A 16-member team to arrest them and shift them to Adiala Jail Rawalpindi after producing them at the accountability court that sentenced the father-daughter duo last week. (IMAGE: AFP)

Nawaz Sharif & his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif landed at UAE's Abu Dhabi International Airport. As per reports, Nawaz and Maryam will land at Lahore in Pakistan in the evening, where they will be arrested at the airport. They will then be taken to Islamabad. They would be kept at Adiala jail for 1 day, then would be transferred to Attock Fort. (IMAGE: @MaryamNSharif)

Sharif, who was disqualified by the Supreme Court last year in the Panama Papers case, is now the supremo of the PML-N. (IMAGE: ANI)

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a farewell meeting with former finance minister Ishaq Dar in London, before leaving for Abu Dhabi. (IMAGE: ANI)

"Told my kids to be brave in the face of oppression. But kids will still be kids. Goodbyes are hard, even for the grownups," tweeted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif. (IMAGE: ANI)

The anti-graft body - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) - chairman Javed Iqbal has ordered taking all necessary measures to arrest Sharif and Maryam upon their arrival at the airport. (IMAGE: ANI)

I'll be taken straight to jail. But I'm doing this for people of Pak, sacrificing for generations to come. Such opportunity won't come again. Let's build destiny of Pak together: Nawaz Sharif on-board flight to UAE's Abu Dhabi Airport. (IMAGE: ANI)

Around 10,000 police officers have been deployed across the city to maintain law and order. (IMAGE: ANI)

They are being brought to Lahore, Pakistan in Etihad EY 243 Abu Dhabi to Lahore flight. (IMAGE: ANI)